Atlanta Braves fans of today know how GM Alex Anthopoulos prefers to operate in silence. It's not often we hear details about how a deal goes down, instead we usually get the famous blue box announcing Atlanta's latest transaction. While we do not expect this to change in the Anthopoulos era, tidbits of information about previous Braves' front offices gives the fanbase examples of just how different things used to be in Atlanta.
In a recent article on The Athletic, Zack Meisel shared insight on how former Braves GM Frank Wren pulled off the Javier Vazquez trade in the most peculiar of places.